Download or read book What Teachers Need to Know about Language written by Carolyn Temple Adger and published by Delta Publishing Company(IL). This book was released on 2002 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The title of this book derives from its central chapter, written by Lily Wong Fillmore and Catherine E. Snow, demonstrating that all teachers need deep, broad knowledge about language to support their students' language and literacy development. Five commentaries on that chapter from the perspective of early childhood education, teacher certification, and teacher preparation and professional development point out the value and the challenges of improving educators' understanding about language.